Antonyms for incompetent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-kom-pi-tuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkɒm pɪ tənt


Definition of incompetent

Origin :
  • 1610s, "insufficient," from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem (nominative incompetens) "insufficient," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin competentem (see competent). Sense of "lacking qualification or ability" first recorded 1630s. The noun meaning "incompetent person" is from 1866. Related: Incompetently.
  • adj unskillful, unable
Example sentences :
  • If she was incompetent I wasn't bound to keep her just because she'd had a baby.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • He knew how Washington and incompetent officers had blundered and lied to them.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • He was drawn this way and that, struggling with a brain that he knew to be incompetent.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • In fact, he felt like a jelly fish save that he was twice as incompetent.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • He was unsystematic in his habits, and incompetent in money matters.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • There were young children to be reared, and an incompetent mother to do it.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • She was doing some war work herself in an incompetent, frenzied sort of way.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • Therefore he must be ignorant, indifferent, and incompetent.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
  • They are just incompetent; they lack the abilities necessary for overt villainy.
  • Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
  • There are those 169hopelessly incompetent who should never be allowed to have children.
  • Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer

Synonyms for incompetent

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